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No. 23.652.l PATENTED APR. 19, 1859.v A: C. BARSTOW.

BURIALl CASE.

4UNIEI) STATS PATENT OFFICE.

A. C. BARSTOVV, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BURIAL-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,652, dated April 19, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovvn that I, A. C. Bans'roiv, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Burial- Cases, and that the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings,hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of thesame, wherein I have `set forth the nature. and principles of my saidimprovements by which my invention may be distinguished from all othersof a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire tohave secured to me by Letters Patent.

The ligures of the accompanyiiig plate of drawings represent myimprovements.

Figure l is a plan or top vien' of my improved burial case. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same. Fig, 3 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken in the plane of the line A, B, Fig. l.

The burial cases formerly' used were adapted in shape nearly to the formof the human body, that is they tapered from the shoulders to the head,and from the shoulders to the feet. Recently, in order to obviate insome degree the disagreeable sensations produced by a coiiin on manyminds, the casket or square form has been adopted, and of this kind, themetallic burial cases have for many reasons been preferred. But in thesquare form of metallic burial cases there much vaste room, and acorresponding increase in weight, which is a serious objection to theiruse, and moreover adds very materially to their cost.

The object of the present invention is to obtain all t-he advantages ofa metallic burial case, Without the objections of excessive n'eight, orexpense. and at the same time combine the desiderata of beauty of formand additional strength. I effect these results by forming the burialcase at its ends 2'. c. at the ends corresponding to the head and feetof the corps in ogee forms, or

the place occupied by the shoulders, the most room is obtained ivherethemost room is required, without adding to the Weight of vthe casket orits expense, and this taken in connection with the strength imparted bythe overlapping ribs, diminishes the Weight at least 25 per cent. fromthe square metallic burial cases now commonly used.

a c in the drawing represents the main body or lower portion of theburial case, with overlapping ribs Z), b and c as clearly shown in Fig,3, by which construction it Will be evident that both lightness andstrength are secured. Both ,ends of the burial case are constructed inogee or cyma reversa curves c c-c c, the ogee terminating at itsv Widestpoint where the shoulders demand the mostroom. By this arrangement Whilea pleasing form is imparted to the casket, all the space a'orded b v theordinary form of metallic burial cases is obtained, with a very greatdiminution in Weight and a corresponding economy in manufact-ure.

Having thus described my improvements, I shall state my claim asfollows.:

That I claim as my invention and desire to have secured to me by LettersPatent, is*

l. Constructing a` metallic burial case with the ogee shaped ends asdescribed, whereby greatreduction in Weight and economiv in themanufacture is secured and at the same time all the space required.afforded.

2. I also claim forming the metallic case with the overlappingstrengthening ribs as described.

A. C. BARSTOV.

Iitnesses GEORGE Gr. RICHMOND, IVM. F. ELLIOT.

